Doubloons, and the Girl
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At twenty-two, Allen Drew longs for something beyond the routine of his job in a ship chandler's shop. An April walk along New York's East River brings him among cargoes, sailors and vessels bound for distant ports. A glimpse of a young woman adds another disturbance to his restless mood. John Maxwell Forbes begins this treasure adventure with a clerk who sees romance in the very places working captains take for granted.
The novel carries that appetite for excitement into a sea story of suspicion and divided loyalties. A tense hearing aboard ship sets Drew against the mate Ditty, whose account of a man's disappearance Drew angrily disputes. Dialogue gives the confrontation its force, with the captain trying to sort competing claims. For readers drawn to treasure stories and maritime romance, the contrast between Drew's hopes and the dangers of life afloat supplies a clear reason to keep reading.
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- Author
- John Maxwell Forbes
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 205
- Language
- English
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